Chinese New Year 2012 @ Pontian with TX10

For this new year I decided to leave my a300 and just bring my Sony TX10 instead. For the past 3 years I've always been bringing a DSLR back and it's starting to get a bit boring ._. Nevertheless I still find opportunities everywhere to take a photo, and the TX10's features doesn't disappoint me.

Though i must reiterate that the contrast of this camera is bad! And it is quite stupid of not stopping down the aperture although I am in landscape mode, resulting in shots looking a bit tad soft. However with the right editing software like Photoshop, a simple photo can be turned into a brilliant one. Though the sharpness of the pictures are still quite behind those of an APS-C/ full frame sized sensor cameras.

Oh before that, HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR!!!!!!!  My wishes for this year is as usual,  whichscore well in my studies which i have miserably failed to do so for the past one year =/ Also hoping to have good health all year long.


Alright time for pictures!

Failed attempt at fireworks. Shooting without a tripod. Only in fireworks mode does the camera steps down the aperture to achieve a slower shutter speed.

Chinese New Year deco at Fatt Si Gong Temple (法师公庙). Shots taken with Handheld twilight. The picture is pretty clean here but again the camera does not know how to opt for a slightly lower shutter speed and opt for a smaller aperture to increase the sharpness.

Mandatory Yee Sang shot. Colours are so so only.

Macro attempts. The bokeh produced from a tiny sensor really sucks. The over priced Nikon J1 will perform no better.

Flower from relatives house. 

爱玉冰！

Details from the dessert and flower are pretty ok under good lightings. 

That's all for the 'normal looking' shots and it's time for other more interesting stuff! For the following series, the shots were either taken in HDR mode or landscape mode. Like i mentioned above, i had to increase the contrast by 80-100 in photoshop to make the photos 'pop' out. 

Some of the photos are also taken with Panorama mode which is really fun! Surprisingly the camera retains colour and contrast better in this mode.

HDR mode! 

The lonely bird

Another panorama with very dramatic clouds! But this also means that there is no full sun =/

Boats and stilt houses. You don't really get to see these often in today's modern times anymore. I wonder how long can these lasts. 10 years...?

And last but not least..

I will miss the cool breeze from the sea for sure. =/ Back to reality soon.